Earlier today we noted that CNN had made up out of whole clot h with the assistance of a single unnamed “official” of an undetermined government the story that Russia was going to shut down a school for foreign students in Moscow in response to Obama’s sanctions. Well, the day isn’t even over until the Washington Post had one-upped them.

Talk of state-supported hackers, stolen emails, and compromised passwords has become so commonplace that it’s easy to lose perspective on how unprecedented all this really is. A single phishing email compromised a major presidential campaign, and one of the United States’ two main political parties suffered a security intrusion that compromised hundreds of thousands of emails.

A state electric utility confirmed Friday that it had found on one of its laptops a malware code the U.S. government says is used by Russian hackers. Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Burlington – A state electric utility confirmed on Friday it had found on one of its laptops a malware code the U.S. government says is used by Russian hackers. The Burlington Electric Department said U.S. utilities were alerted by the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday of a malware code used in Grizzly Steppe, the name Homeland Security has applied to a Russian campaign linked to recent hacks.

A Vermont utility company said Friday it had found on a company laptop the same kind of malware that US authorities believe was used by Russian hackers in an attempt to influence November’s election. Burlington Electric said it found the code after utility companies nationwide were sent an alert by the Department of Homeland Security.

Francis Bradley, chief operating officer for the Canadian Electricity Association, noted that the Canadian electrical system was in some regions tied to the United States’ grid. “It’s very hard to determine where Canada ends and where the United States begins from an electricity standpoint.

The company says they scanned all computers and the code was found on one laptop “not linked to our organization’s grid systems.” “The grid is not in danger,” Vermont Public Service Commissioner Christopher Recchia told the Burlington Free Press .

A state electric utility confirmed on Friday it had found on one of its laptops a malware code the U.S. government says is used by Russian hackers. The Burlington Electric Department said U.S. utilities were alerted by the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday of a malware code used in Grizzly Steppe, the name Homeland Security has applied to a Russian campaign linked to recent hacks.